Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

Alumni Award Nomination Form

The Lifetime Achievement Award is intended for those with more than 15 years of career experience after leaving Hiram College.   

The award honors individuals who have accomplished greatly in their professional capacities and, in so doing, have brought honor and recognition to their profession, their community, and Hiram College. 

* Indicates deceased

Year AwardedRecipient
1967Stephen K. Bailey ’37 *
August Pryatel ’36 *
Allyn C. Vine ’36 *
William D. White ’57
1968Lawrence M. McGaughey ’39 *
Richard J. Sargent ’33 *
Robert C. Turner ’30 *
1969Eleanor Delfs ’30 *
Cornelia Augenstein Robinson ’19 *
William L. Reed ’34 *
1970Mary (Boyer) Smith ’39 *
William R. Miner ’45 *
1971James A. Nelson ’42 *
Paul M. Augenstein ’35 *
1972William D. Hoskin ’41 *
Robert F. Merwin ’36 *
Roy L. Adams ’41 *
1973Arthur B. Crandall ’40 *
John E. Burton ’28 *
1974Willis P. Kern ’48 *
Everest P. Derthick ’23 *
1975Kathryn (Donley) Christopherson ’41
Alberta (Huff) Lunger ’33 *
Harold L. Lunger ’32 *
Elizabeth (Conley) Allstrom ’21 *
John S. Duncan ’19 *
Ryohei Ishikawa ’51
1976Maria Theresa LaMarca ’28 *
Jane (Behlen) Young ’41
Carl E. Pochedly ’52 *
1977Irene (Worthington) Baron ’60
Helen (Darsie) Strickland ’26 *
Lyndon W. Harper ’18 *
1978Jack B. Kinsinger ’48
Martha Derthick ’54
1979Harold E. Davis ’24 *
Wave H. Shaffer ’33 *
1980Mahendra M. Chinai ’49*
Hilda Patricia Curran ’59
Harold A. Haugh ’29 *
Howard W. Jones ’20 *
1981Walter B. Webb ’36 *
Marilyn L. Stavenger ’57
1982Joyce (Holroyd) Hull ’48
Jane (Green) Schaller ’56
Franklin D. Smith ’25 *
Frederick L. Westover ’23 *
1983Howard A. Pritchard ’22 *
Ruth (Cowgirl) Pritchard ’25 *
Howard R. Arndt ’29 *
Ray W. Bosh ’50 *
1984Helmuth J. Bauer ’34 *
Naoma Diantha Green ’30 *
Winford B. Logan ’41 *
Warren C. Miller ’17 *
William A. Reed ’20 *
A. Allan Kocan ’68 *
Katherine (Mautz) Kocan ’68
Richard M. Kocan ’63
Michael J. Hamas ’69
William A. Neill ’67
1985Dale A. Dreisbach ’32 *
James E. Lucas ’51 *
Mary (Kenward) Lohr ’43 *
1986Gladys (Seymour) Arnold ’22 *
Edward C. Foote ’46 *
1987Frank B. Fisher ’43 *
Morgan A. Greenwood ’37 *
1988Charity (Cannon) Willard ’34 *
1989Betty (MacKay) Merwin ’36 *
John T. Schlebecker ’49 *
1990Richard E. Bland ’48 *
1991Grace (Chapman) Nash ’30 *
Ralph T. Warburton ’30 *
1992William R. Brinker ’54
1993William H. Kelly ’40 *
Roger G. Baldwin ’69
1994Richard M. Dyer ’63
1995William N. Rudman ’73
1996Anthony F. Lalli ’51
James K. Martin ’65
1997Lance A. Liotta ’69
1998Wilton Connor ’70
1999Andrew J. Stofan ’57
Jan Hopkins Trachtman ’69
2001Claude Steele ’67
Dorothy (Munson) Steele ’67
2002Larry Bouts ’71
2003Martin Clague ’64
2004Paul Barton ’53
2005James D. Gates ’51
2006John Lauder ’68
2007Andrew C. Currie ’61
2008Rev. Claudia A. Highbaugh ’72
2009Jonathan Estrin ’69
Thomas L. Reuschling ’64
2010Anne Vainer ’80
2011Mark Logan ’60
2012Robert Turner ’72
Marshall Winkle ’57
2013Terry Hartle ’73
2014Douglas J. Grimm ’84
2015Doug Hardman ’80
2016Bill Moran ’86
2017Sharon (Creech) Rigg ’67
2018James D. Graham ’88
2019Dr. Dixie Benshoff Ludick ’72
2020Walter Peckinpaugh ’65
Michael Stanley Gee ’70 *
2021Carol Monroe Myford ’73
2023William Heath ’64